Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The
evolutionary history of a species is its _____. a. | biodiversity | c. | extinction | b. | phylogeny | d. | taxonomy | | | | |
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A
system for naming species in which two words are used to name an organism is _____. a. | binomial
nomenclature | c. | cladistics | b. | dichotomous keying | d. | fan diagramming | | | | |
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The
placing of information or objects into groups based on certain similarities is
_____. a. | biochemical
analysis | c. | phylogeny | b. | classification | d. | speciation | | | | |
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A
heterotrophic eukaryote associated with the decomposition of dead organisms is a(n)
_____. a. | bacterium | c. | fungus | b. | herbivore | d. | protist | | | | |
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A
group of related classes of plants is a _____. a. | database | c. | division | b. | kingdom | d. | taxon | | | | |
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The
science of grouping and naming organisms is _____. a. | classification | c. | nomenclature | b. | phylogeny | d. | taxonomy | | | | |
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | phylum | e. | family | b. | order | f. | bacteria | c. | protist | g. | class | d. | kingdom | h. | genus | | | | |
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group
of related families
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group
of related species
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group
of related genera
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eukaryote lacking complex organ systems
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microscopic, single-celled prokaryotes
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group
of related phyla
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